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Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

Moderation is a fatal thing. . . . Nothing succeeds like excess.

In everything the middle course is the best; everything in excess brings trouble.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Let's not quibble! I'm the foe of moderation, the champion of excess. If I may lift a line from a die-hard whose identity is lost in the shuffle, "I'd rather be strongly wrong than weakly right."

Everything in excess is opposed to nature.